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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Leiderman Rods Faternal Twins Builds

Over the last few years I've seen Matt Leiderman of Leiderman Rods do several twins and even triplet Steffen builds and each set turns out uniquely wonderful. There may not be a better line up of blanks to chose from than those from Steffen Brothers for a project like this and they certainly get the full treatment in the Leiderman Rods shop.

Recently Matt completed an 8' 3/4 weight and 8'3" 5/6 weight builds for a client and they turned out quite stunning.

Matt wrote... "I had a client who requested a pair of Steffen rods
finished similarly but I suggested beefing up the 8'3" 5/6 a bit by
putting a larger (but still 6 inch) grip and slightly bigger seat. Hardware
was a bit different since I used Lemke seats and I didn't want to mix knurl
patterns so the ferrule rings and winding check lack my usual knurling
and finish. They are more rounded and tie in nicely to the swooped
retaining ring on the seat. Brass hardware was bronzed to match the
seat hardware. Quite a fine pair of two excellent rods. It's tough to beat
Mark's blanks and rod designs."

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